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What is metadata and what do I need to know about it? These are two key questions for the information professional operating in the digital age as more and more information resources are available in electronic format. This is a thought-provoking introduction to metadata written by one of its leading advocates. It assesses the current theory and practice of metadata and examines key developments - including global initiatives and multilingual issues - in terms of both policy and technology.
Subjects discussed include:
What is metadata? definitions and concepts
Retrieval environments: web; library catalogues; documents and records management; GIS; e-Learning
Using metadata to enhance retrieval: pointing to content; subject retrieval; language control and indexing
Information management issues: interoperability; information security; authority control; authentication and legal admissibility of evidence; records management and document lifecycle; preservation issues
Application of metadata to information management: document and records management; content management systems for the internet
Managing metadata: how to develop a schema
Standards development: Dublin Core; UK Government metadata standards (eGIF); IFLA FRBR Model for cataloguing resources
Looking forward: the semantic web; the Web Ontology Working Group.
Readership
: This book will be essential reading for network-oriented librarians and information workers in all sectors and for LIS students. In addition, it will provide useful background reading for computer staff supporting information services. Publishers, policy makers and practitioners in other curatorial traditions such as museums work or archiving will also find much of relevance."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Marcia Lei Zeng, Jian Qin
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Paperback. Condition: New. Metadata remains the solution for describing the explosively growing, complex world of digital information, and continues to be of paramount importance for information professionals. Providing a solid grounding in the variety and interrelationships among different metadata types, Zeng and Qin's thorough revision of their benchmark text offers a comprehensive look at the metadata schemas that exist in the world of library and information science and beyond, as well as the contexts in which they operate. Cementing its value as both an LIS text and a handy reference for professionals already in the field, this book:Lays out the fundamentals of metadata, including principles of metadata, structures of metadata vocabularies, and metadata descriptionsSurveys metadata standards and their applications in distinct domains and for various communities of metadata practiceExamines metadata building blocks, from modelling to defining properties, and from designing application profiles to implementing value vocabulariesDescribes important concepts as resource identification, metadata as linked data, consumption of metadata, interoperability, and quality measurementOffers an updated glossary to help readers navigate metadata's complex terms in easy-to-understand definitions. An online resource of web extras, packed with exercises, quizzes, and links to additional materials, completes this definitive primer on metadata. Seller Inventory # LU-9781783300525
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Paperback. Condition: New. Metadata remains the solution for describing the explosively growing, complex world of digital information, and continues to be of paramount importance for information professionals. Providing a solid grounding in the variety and interrelationships among different metadata types, Zeng and Qin's thorough revision of their benchmark text offers a comprehensive look at the metadata schemas that exist in the world of library and information science and beyond, as well as the contexts in which they operate. Cementing its value as both an LIS text and a handy reference for professionals already in the field, this book:Lays out the fundamentals of metadata, including principles of metadata, structures of metadata vocabularies, and metadata descriptionsSurveys metadata standards and their applications in distinct domains and for various communities of metadata practiceExamines metadata building blocks, from modelling to defining properties, and from designing application profiles to implementing value vocabulariesDescribes important concepts as resource identification, metadata as linked data, consumption of metadata, interoperability, and quality measurementOffers an updated glossary to help readers navigate metadata's complex terms in easy-to-understand definitions. An online resource of web extras, packed with exercises, quizzes, and links to additional materials, completes this definitive primer on metadata. Seller Inventory # LU-9781783300525
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